WEAK51 PAAQ 152229
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BULLETIN
Public Tsunami Message Number 13
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
229 PM PST Sat Jan 15 2022

UPDATES
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 * A tsunami has been confirmed and some impacts are expected
 * Revised alert areas
 * A Volcanic Eruption has occured in the Tonga Islands
 * Please disregard earthquake parameters
 * Wave amplitudes appear to have peaked at most locations
 * Advisory level waves are being observed along US Pacific coasts


...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT...



Tsunami Advisory in Effect for;

 * CALIFORNIA, The coast from Orange/San Diego Line,
   California (45 miles SE of L.A.) to The Oregon/Cal. Border
    including San Francisco Bay

 * OREGON, The coast from The Oregon/Cal. Border  to The
   Oregon/Wash. Border  including the Columbia River estuary
   coast

 * WASHINGTON, Outer coast from the Oregon/Washington border
   to Slip Point, Columbia River estuary coast, and the Juan
   de Fuca Strait coast

 * SOUTH ALASKA AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA, Pacific coasts from
   Chignik Bay, Alaska to Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of
   Unalaska)

 * ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of
   Unalaska) to Attu, Alaska including the Pribilof Islands


Alerts in the following areas have been canceled because
additional information and analysis have better defined the
threat.

 * The Tsunami Advisory is canceled for the coastal areas of
   British Columbia from The Wash./BC Border  to North
   Vancouver Island, British Columbia


For other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America, 
there is no tsunami threat.


OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
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 * No tsunami observations are available to report.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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 * Magnitude      1.0
 * Origin Time    1927 AKST Jan 14 2022
                  2027  PST Jan 14 2022
                  0427  UTC Jan 15 2022
 * Coordinates    20.5 South 175.4 West
 * Depth          1 miles
 * Location       near the Tonga Islands


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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 * See message number 4 for recommended actions.


IMPACTS
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 * See message number 4 for possible impacts.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
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 * Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information.

 * Pacific coastal residents outside California, Oregon,
   Washington, British Columbia and Alaska should refer to the
   Pacific Tsunami Warning Center messages at tsunami.gov.

 * This message will be updated within 60 minutes.

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